<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: rdn</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rdn</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:31:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=rdn" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Penguin 'Toxicologists' Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Teflon is not inert at very high temperatures. Nobody ever overheats a pan?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:04:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720170</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720170</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They must be panicly afraid of salt and saturated fat instead then, since that was OP's argument for "health conscious". Yet still insist on a simulacrum of a burger, instead of having a chicken breast.<p>This product will only succeed if its reasonably cheaper than the cheapest meat (not just beef). It is and forever will be inferior to meat as a food product for the vast majority of consumers. Perhaps in some vision of the future the dominant consumer is Hindu and they may find the product acceptable, but they'll still be price conscious.</p>
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<p>The OP's point can be understood as an automization and mechanization of such targeting. Which will be necessary if the scope of thoughtcrime prosecution is to expand</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366680</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366680</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "The Codex App"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The better models can handle that prompt assuming there is an existing clean codebase and the scope of the task is not too large.  The existing code can act as an implicit boundary.<p>Weaker models give your experience, or when using a 100% LLM codebase I think it can end up in a hall of mirrors.<p>Now I have an idea to try, have a 2nd LLM processing pass that normalizes the vibe-code to some personal style and standard to break it out of the Stack Overflow snippet maze it can get itself in.</p>
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<p>Can their pension system afford A/C?</p>
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<p>If the power goes out I can still cook and heat with gas.<p>*this is a regular occurence in some countries</p>
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<p>They will never do this, and the lack of it can be marketed as a security feature.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598036</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598036</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Apple picks Gemini to power Siri"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Apple is afraid of Siri succeeding</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:57:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598010</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598010</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Utopian Scholastic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The music is that good - even political ideologues take a break to enjoy it</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:37:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507266</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507266</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's return fraud, someone orders a new version of a product they have, put their old product in the new box and file a return immediately. Amazon probably doesnt take the time to check it or check it thoroughly. Goes back on the shelf and you receive it.</p>
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<p>For ios/swift the results reflect the quality of the information available to the LLM.<p>There is a lack of training data; Apple docs arent great or really thorough, much documentation is buried in WWDC videos and requires an understanding of how the APIs evolved over time to avoid confusion when following stackoverflow posts, which confused newcomers as well as code generators. Stackoverflow is also littered with incorrect or outdated solutions to iOS/Swift coding questions.</p>
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<p>Its been that way for years, the ad is on the lockscreen, and its an ad for other books. The version with no advertisement is 20$ more, I don't see the problem if someone wants to get a discount for looking at ads.</p>
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<p>Some intersections have a sensor under the asphalt to detect a vehicle and sequence a light transition, and its not a new technology</p>
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<p>Except that non E2E chat archive backups are on by default</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 03:15:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787134</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787134</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39787134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Faircamp is a free Bandcamp alternative"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To me the strength is the ability to buy the music files directly without hurdles and without being trapped in something like iTunes</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:40:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39130680</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39130680</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39130680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "How to fix the disastrous new Xcode 15 console"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Each version is a new type of disaster</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 01:47:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38055186</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38055186</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38055186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Snoop unto them as they snoop unto you"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In western Virginia they sit at the bottom of hills and give tickets to out of state plates that go over the limit by any amount.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2023 02:04:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37441478</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37441478</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37441478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Alcohol without the hangover – scientists are finding ways"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It is a pretty nice alternative to alcohol, and since their name is GABA Labs, and GHB can be synthesized from GABA, I assume they will be selling some analog or even rebranding and packaging GHB properly for consumption.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 15:34:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921265</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "Alcohol without the hangover – scientists are finding ways"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Looks like a rebranding of GHB</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921007</link><dc:creator>rdn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921007</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36921007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rdn in "First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Once I went to a new dentist in a new area to do a teeth cleaning. He told me I had 4 cavities that needed filling. I was skeptical so I went to another one the next week. He said 2 cavities. I went to two more that month to see what else they'd say: one said no cavities, the other said 6.  That was 8 years ago, I still don't have any cavities.</p>
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